บททั้งหมดของ After My Wife Chose Her Boy Toy, I Took Everything: บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 23

I took the witness stand. Sigourney didn’t take her eyes off me.“When you released those files, did you think about me going to prison?”She clutched a tissue, tears falling steadily.“I thought they were real. I even tried to keep it quiet for you. You insisted on throwing me out. I didn’t have a choice…”“As long as I resigned and stopped investigating you, you wouldn’t release them. Right?”She lowered her head, crushing the tissue in her hand.“Were you protecting me? Or threatening me with prison?”“I was scared! We built that company together. I couldn’t lose everything!”I watched her and slowly leaned back.“So to keep the company, you were willing to cost me my freedom?”Sigourney shook her head and pushed herself up against the table.“Ansel, do you remember when we first started the company? We worked late together every day. I stayed beside you through so much. Do those seven years really mean nothing to you?”I lowered my eyes, my fingers resting against my bare ring fing

I stayed where I was. She came closer and reached for my sleeve.I stepped back. Her hand stopped in the air.“When I used to grab your sleeve, you’d stop. Even when we fought, you always let me finish.”I looked at her without speaking.She lowered her head. As her hands dropped, the cuffs clicked softly together.“I always thought you’d never leave. You loved me so much. All I had to do was apologize, and you’d forgive me.”She looked up, tears pouring down her face.“I know it’s too late to say this. I just… I really want to go back. Back to when we first got together.”I swallowed and slowly looked away.The bailiff quietly prompted her to move. She hurried forward a step.“One last question. Then I won’t bother you again.”I looked back at her. She clasped her cuffed hands tightly.“Would things have turned out differently if I hadn’t cheated?”I watched her for a moment, then turned toward the exit.She tried to follow. The bailiff stopped her.My attorney opened the outside door